Of course, Brown is able to make excuses, such as “…after this on night I’ll cling to her skirts and follow her to heaven” , yet despite his excuses, the fact still remains-Brown is willing to give up his faith to test his will to resist temptation. Slowly as Goodman takes his journey, his preconceived notions begin to burst. Every truth Goodman Brown knows about people and about those around him is a lie….. a façade constructed by his inability to see that there is both good and evil in everyone. As they burst Goodman finds himself not able to cope with reality and thus leading to the rejection of his reality and community. Furthermore, Brown is self-righteous.
The difference in beliefs, moral views, and opinions seen through-out the play were constantly disputed between Creon and Antigone. Antigone felt that Creon ignored the laws of gods through his laws. When she was captured after giving her brother proper rites and brought to Creon, she said, “Your edict, King was strong, but all your strength is weakness itself against the immortal unrecorded laws of God. They are not merely now: they were, and shall be operative forever, beyond man utterly” (Rand, 4). Antigone supports the laws of the God’s in heaven and believes that if someone is not given proper burial rites after death, they will not go to heaven.
In two of Hawthorne's pieces of literature, "Young Goodman Brown" and "The Birthmark," there are many similarities and differences in the way they are written and the messages they convey to the reader. A major theme found in both "Young Goodman Brown" and "The Birthmark" is the conflict between good and evil. This theme is found in "Young Goodman Brown" in a rather direct way. Goodman Brown is attracted by the devil, and he tries to battle it by clinging on to the only hope he has, faith. This is an obvious conflict between good and evil, as a man has to make his decision regarding which way to follow, and both paths have elements which attract the person to following them.
In “Young Goodman Brown” and “The Cask of Amontillado”, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe, warn their readers that evil uses deception to bring harm to the innocent. To convey this theme, Hawthorne and Poe use similar characters and tropology. Both authors use similar characters to make a vivid distinction between the innocent and the evil. They also use symbolism to portray that evil uses beguilement to bring harm to the good. In both short stories, the clear distinction between the good and the evil is portrayed through the use of similar characters.
Miller is not suggesting that these trials separated the pure from the impure or evil, but if fact created them by punishing the innocent. Miller’s colourful use of irony and conciseness in the title expresses his attitude towards not only the Salem witch trials but the political circumstances of McCarthy he had found himself tangled
At others, however, he seems to want something else, or is genuinely dissatisfied with his life and with the way he is. Later in the story, The Misfit says he wishes he would have been there with Jesus, then he may not have turned out to be the kind of person he is, a malicious cold serial killer. The question is whether these are actually beginnings of faith, or whether it is just a wish. The author clearly addresses the personal struggle of faith and being stubborn and not wanting to accept any help from anyone. The reader almost feels sorry for The Misfit because he seems so confused and helpless.
Have you won him too?” [p. 151], she is referring to the townspeople of Salem as the hypocrites and questioning John’s integrity and strength. Further, she takes it upon herself to redress these hypocrisies; however, she herself is a hypocrite due to her fornication and adultery with Proctor, yet she considers herself holy. By informing the reader that her motive was not only revenge but to "cleanse" the town, Miller deprives the reader of the opportunity to form his own opinion on the conflict of the story. If the reader does not know that Abigail had this plan, than he has the ability to expand his knowledge and wonder if the conflict was real or a
This is rhetorical question because loved one in heaven cannot answer this question. These questions make the listener or the readers to experience the feeling of not knowing what type of relationship would be shared, if they were together again in heaven and it is left as an unanswered questions. Therefore, He uses rhetorical questions to express his pain and loss. Eric Clapton also uses rhyming couplets to express feelings of grief, despair and pain. Examples of rhyming couplets are “I’ll find my way, through night and day Cause I know I just can’t stay” and also “I must be strong and carry on Cause I know I don’t belong”.
Love is crazy, love is often unkind, but “When love is not madness, it is not love.” Love brought together the two central characters, Bert and Rachel, together in the play Inherit the Wind. Their love, a so called “forbideen love” by the people of Hillsboro, becomes increasingly tested and objected too. Rachel experiences personal growth in dealing with the harsh standards of living Hillsboro presents. The “old time religion” and fundamentalism bring Rachel to a crossroads with her views on life, eventually introducing the idea of leaving her home, forever with her true love. The town of Hillsboro knows only of a few ideas: religious concepts and the act of ignorantly following, not leading.
The Journey of “YOUNG GOODMAN BROWN” “A&P” In the short stories “Young Goodman Brown”, by Nathaniel Hawthorne and “A & P”, by John Updike we meet two characters who embark on separate but equally important journeys. The journey experienced in “Young Goodman Brown” is a classic archetype where the main character must conquer his fears before the end of the story. In contrast, in the story “A & P”, Sammy only needed a slight push to overcome his fears to mature from a boy to a man. In both short stories, “Young Goodman Brown” and “A & P”, the author’s use settings, characters and symbolism to support the archetype of “the journey”. The setting in the story “Young Goodman Brown” contributes greatly to the overall feeling of the piece.